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FAQ

Student Visa Italy

NON- EU STUDENTS TO ITALY

Would you like to come to Italy but you do not know if you will need a VISA?

Here are some conditions required in order to do an internship:

You need to be more than 18 years old

Be able to provide a Training Agreement that say that you are still a student in your home country

Apply for a study VISA at the Embassy or Consulate from your home country before entering Italy

After the Visa you could apply for a Study Permit which would be valid 3

Once you are in Italy you need to request the residence permit for study reason within 8 days from your arrival in Italy. To get this you need to go to the Local Police which will help you to arrange the permit. The resident permit will be valid for the duration of the study

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Syria. However, if one of the people from those countries satisfies one of the following conditions they are released from needing an ATV Visa:

Possession of a Uniform Visa (Type C) or a national visa for long-term sojourn (Type D) or a residency permit issued by a Member State;

Hold a valid residency permit issued by an EU Member State that does not participate in the adoption of EC Regulation no. 810/2009 (e.g. United Kingdom) or from a Member State that does not yet fully apply the provisions of the Schengen Acquis (e.g. Romania), or the citizens of third countries with one of the residency permits (valid) mentioned in Annex V of EC Reg. 810/2009 issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the United States of America guaranteeing the unconditional return of its holder;

Hold a valid visa issued by an EU Member State that does not participate in the adoption of EC Regulation no. 810/2009 (e.g. United Kingdom) or from a Member State that does not yet fully apply the provisions of the Schengen Acquis (e.g. Romania), or are the citizens of third countries with one of the residency permits (valid) mentioned in Annex V of EC Reg. 810/2009 issued by Canada, Japan or the United States of America when entering the country that issued it or another third country or when, after using this visa, return from the country that issued it;

Have a family member who is a European Union citizen

Holder of a diplomatic passport

Member of an airline crew and citizen of a country party to the Chicago Convention on international civil aviation

Which documentations must you take with you when you are traveling to Italy?

VISA, Passport and identity cards

Documentations such as a Training Agreement or others permit documentations that allow you to stay in Italy

Insurance Certificate such as health and travelling etc.

Contract of your accommodation in Italy

Police records

Proof of your economic income

If you are in possession of the Schengen VISA, you have the possibility to have free movement between 26 countries for a maximum of three months within a six-month period. They are: